MILITARIA]. Curious and instructive collection for those who take or have taken the noble party of the weapons, the whole drawn from the best ancient and modern authors and the ordinances of the Kings Louis fourteen, Louis fifteen and their predecessors &c. Finally, of which Receuil are the titles and articles of the ordinance of 1670, applicable [sic] to the instruction of the criminal trials of the military included in the said Recueil. In French, manuscript on paper. France, second half of the 18th century. 2 blank pages, 1 title page, 298 pp, 36 blank pages, [6] pages. Bound in parchment, spine ribbed. Small wetness at the foot affecting the first few leaves without hindering the reading. Size: 262 x 189 mm. Compilation of orders and texts mixing indications for passports, supplies, duels and particular fights, leaves, prohibitions of games of chance. A true vade mecum for a military man. Provenance: Handwritten bookplate on the 2nd blank page, "le 2 aoust 1837. D. Thevenin".